New-StorageTier

Creates a storage tier.

Syntax

ByFriendlyName (Default)

New-StorageTier
    [-StoragePoolFriendlyName] <String[]>
    -FriendlyName <String>
    [-MediaType <MediaType>]
    [-FaultDomainAwareness <FaultDomainType>]
    [-ColumnIsolation <FaultDomainType>]
    [-ResiliencySettingName <String>]
    [-PhysicalDiskRedundancy <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfDataCopies <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfGroups <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfColumns <UInt16>]
    [-Interleave <UInt64>]
    [-Description <String>]
    [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
    [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
    [-AsJob]
    [<CommonParameters>]

ByUniqueId

New-StorageTier
    -StoragePoolUniqueId <String[]>
    -FriendlyName <String>
    [-MediaType <MediaType>]
    [-FaultDomainAwareness <FaultDomainType>]
    [-ColumnIsolation <FaultDomainType>]
    [-ResiliencySettingName <String>]
    [-PhysicalDiskRedundancy <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfDataCopies <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfGroups <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfColumns <UInt16>]
    [-Interleave <UInt64>]
    [-Description <String>]
    [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
    [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
    [-AsJob]
    [<CommonParameters>]

ByName

New-StorageTier
    -StoragePoolName <String[]>
    -FriendlyName <String>
    [-MediaType <MediaType>]
    [-FaultDomainAwareness <FaultDomainType>]
    [-ColumnIsolation <FaultDomainType>]
    [-ResiliencySettingName <String>]
    [-PhysicalDiskRedundancy <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfDataCopies <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfGroups <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfColumns <UInt16>]
    [-Interleave <UInt64>]
    [-Description <String>]
    [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
    [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
    [-AsJob]
    [<CommonParameters>]

InputObject (cdxml)

New-StorageTier
    -InputObject <CimInstance[]>
    -FriendlyName <String>
    [-MediaType <MediaType>]
    [-FaultDomainAwareness <FaultDomainType>]
    [-ColumnIsolation <FaultDomainType>]
    [-ResiliencySettingName <String>]
    [-PhysicalDiskRedundancy <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfDataCopies <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfGroups <UInt16>]
    [-NumberOfColumns <UInt16>]
    [-Interleave <UInt64>]
    [-Description <String>]
    [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
    [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
    [-AsJob]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The New-StorageTier cmdlet creates a storage tier in a storage pool.

Examples

Example 1: Create a storage tier

PS C:\> New-StorageTier -StoragePoolFriendlyName "TierPool01" -FriendlyName "Tier11" -MediaType HDD

This command creates a storage tier for hard disk drives named Tier11 in the storage pool named TierPool01.

Parameters

-AsJob

Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.

Parameter properties

Type:SwitchParameter
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-CimSession

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.

Parameter properties

Type:

CimSession[]

Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False
Aliases:Session

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-ColumnIsolation

Specifies at which level columns within a virtual disk should be isolated from each other. We recommend omitting this parameter and using the defaults. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

  • PhysicalDisk
  • StorageScaleUnit
  • StorageChassis
  • StorageEnclosure
  • StorageRack

Parameter properties

Type:FaultDomainType
Default value:None
Accepted values:PhysicalDisk, StorageEnclosure, StorageScaleUnit, StorageChassis, StorageRack
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-Description

Specifies a description for the storage tier that you create.

Parameter properties

Type:String
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-FaultDomainAwareness

Specifies at what level you want the virtual disk to be fault tolerant. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

  • PhysicalDisk
  • StorageScaleUnit
  • StorageChassis
  • StorageEnclosure
  • StorageRack

For example, specify StorageScaleUnit to store data copies on separate nodes of a Storage Spaces Direct cluster. This cmdlet refers to nodes of a Storage Spaces Direct cluster as storage scale units because you can expand the scale of the cluster by adding more nodes.

Parameter properties

Type:FaultDomainType
Default value:None
Accepted values:PhysicalDisk, StorageEnclosure, StorageScaleUnit, StorageChassis, StorageRack
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-FriendlyName

Specifies a friendly name for the storage tier.

Parameter properties

Type:String
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False
Aliases:StorageTierFriendlyName

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:True
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-InputObject

Specifies the input object that is used in a pipeline command.

Parameter properties

Type:

CimInstance[]

Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

InputObject (cdxml)
Position:Named
Mandatory:True
Value from pipeline:True
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-Interleave

Specifies the interleave value to use during the creation of a storage tier. The interleave value represents the number of bytes that is written to a single physical disk. Thus Interleave * NumberOfColumns yields the size of one stripe of user data.

Parameter properties

Type:UInt64
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-MediaType

Specifies the media type of the storage tier. The cmdlet creates the storage tier for the media type that you specify. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

  • SSD
  • SCM
  • HDD

Use SCM for storage-class memory such as NVDIMMs.

Parameter properties

Type:MediaType
Default value:None
Accepted values:HDD, SSD, SCM
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-NumberOfColumns

Specifies the number of columns to use for the storage tier. Columns represent the number of underlying physical disks in a tier across which one stripe of data for a virtual disk is written.

Parameter properties

Type:UInt16
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-NumberOfDataCopies

Specifies the number of data copies to create. Specify 2 to create a two-way mirror, or 3 to specify a three-way mirror or for dual-parity.

Parameter properties

Type:UInt16
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-NumberOfGroups

Specifics the number of groups used by Local Reconstruction Coding (LRC) with a dual parity virtual disk. We recommend omitting this parameter and using the defaults.

Parameter properties

Type:UInt16
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-PhysicalDiskRedundancy

Specifies the physical disk redundancy value to use during the creation of a virtual disk. This value represents how many failed physical disks the virtual disk can tolerate without data loss. The redundancy values are as follows:

  • For two-way mirror spaces, the virtual disk can tolerate 1 failed physical disk without data loss.
  • For three-way mirror spaces, the virtual disk can tolerate 2 failed physical disks without data loss.
  • For single-parity spaces, the virtual disk can tolerate 1 failed physical disk without data loss.
  • For dual-parity spaces the virtual disk can tolerate 2 failed physical disks without data loss.

Parameter properties

Type:UInt16
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-ResiliencySettingName

Specifies the resiliency setting, or storage layout, to use for the virtual disk. The acceptable values for this parameter are: Simple, Mirror, and Parity.

By default, when you specify Mirror, Storage Spaces creates a two-way mirror. When you specify Parity, Storage Spaces creates a single-parity space.

To create a three-way mirror space, specify 3 for the NumberofDataCopies parameter or 2 for the PhysicalDiskRedundancy parameter.

To create a dual-parity space, specify 2 for the PhysicalDiskRedundancy parameter and Fixed provisioning for the ProvisioningType parameter.

Parameter properties

Type:String
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-StoragePoolFriendlyName

Specifies the friendly name of a storage pool. The cmdlet creates the storage tier in the storage pool that you specify.

Parameter properties

Type:

String[]

Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

ByFriendlyName
Position:0
Mandatory:True
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:True
Value from remaining arguments:False

-StoragePoolName

Specifies the name of a storage pool. The cmdlet creates the storage tier in the storage pool that you specify. This human-readable name is not necessarily unique.

Parameter properties

Type:

String[]

Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

ByName
Position:Named
Mandatory:True
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:True
Value from remaining arguments:False

-StoragePoolUniqueId

Specifies the unique ID, as a string, of a storage pool. The cmdlet creates the storage tiers in the storage pool that has the ID that you specify.

Parameter properties

Type:

String[]

Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False
Aliases:StoragePoolId

Parameter sets

ByUniqueId
Position:Named
Mandatory:True
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:True
Value from remaining arguments:False

-ThrottleLimit

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.

Parameter properties

Type:Int32
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

CimInstance

You can use the pipeline operator to pass a MSFT_StoragePool object to the InputObject parameter.

Outputs

CimInstance

This cmdlet outputs an object that represents the storage tier

Notes

  • When used in Failover Cluster, cmdlets from the Storage module operate on cluster level (all servers in the cluster).